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WORD PROCESSING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Quarter 1
Activity
Estimated Time
Assessment

Quarter 2
Microtype

  • Touch typing method
  • Lessons 1-8 pages 2-18
  • Timed writings (MT)

4 weeks
  • Technique rubric
  • Timed writings

Ideas

  • Blogs
  • Wikis
  • OneNote
  • Facebook/MySpace
  • Social Networking
  • Alice/Scratch
  • Journaling

Memos
  • Memos
    • Lesson 22
pg. 56,57
    • Lesson 24
pg. 60,61
  • Timed writings (MT)
1 week
  • Memo rubric
  • Timed writings

Personal-Business Letters
Unit 9 page 77
  • Lesson 28 page 78, 81
  • Lesson 29 page 82,83
  • Lesson 30 page 84,85

1 week
  • Letter rubric
  • Timed writings

Tables
Unit 10 page 87
  • WP activity page 88-92
  • Lesson 31 page 93,94
  • Lesson 32 page 94,95
  • Lesson 33 page 96,97
  • Lesson 34 page 97,98
1 week
  • Table rubric

Reports
Unit 8 page 64
  • Lesson 24 & 26
    • Unbound reports
    • pages 65,70-73

1 week
  • Report rubric

Project
Personal Letter
  • comment, inquiry, suggestion or complaint
1 week
  • Project rubric

Communication Skills Activities (Keyboarding book)
Capitalization
Sentence Structure
Punctuation (dependent, independent sentences)
Numbers
Proofreading, revising
1 week
  • Grading based upon number correct out of total number of items

E-Mail Etiquette: Creating Professional E-Mail Messages, Writing Response Messages,

1/2 Days
  • E-Mail Rubric

"Real" letter Project: Business, college, Job

2/3 Days
  • "Real" Letter Rubric

Employment: Resume & Cover Letter; Requestng Letters of References, Accepting/Rejecting Job Offers

1 Week
  • Employment Documents Rubric